Hand brake mechanism.



W. E. WINE.

HAND BRAKE MECHANISM.

. APPLICATION FILED IAN. 19.45MB.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

WILLIAM E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

HAND BRAKE MECHANTSM.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

Application filed January 19, 1918. Serial No. 212,619.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and the State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand Brake Mechanisms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formin a' part thereof.

My inventlon relates to new and useful improvements in hand brake mechanisms for railway cars and has for its object to provide a means whereby the brakes can be applied and released in an eflicient and simple manner. 7

With these and other-objects in view, my lnventlon consists of certamimprovements,

arrangement of parts and combination of elements as hereinafter described and claimed in the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the application of the device to a ratchet wheel of a brake operating device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a brake operating device and a section on line 22 of that portion to which this application relates most specifically. 5

Fig. 3 is a partial front view of the part of the device which incorporates the handle.

Fig. 4 is a front view of a cam member ghich cooperates with the part shown in Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a' partial section of the ratchet wheel on line 22.

Similar characters designate similar parts throughout the several figures of the draw- Referring now to the parts by number: The brake operating device 1 is provided with a ratchet wheel 2 and pawl 3. The ratchet wheel 2 is operated by a handle 4 which is provided with a lug 5 which is adapted to engage the teeth 6 on the ratchet wheel and to move same in either direction. The handle 4 is provided with an angular shaped orifice 9 which is adapted to engage the cylindrical hub portion 10 of the ratchet wheel 2. I

The cam member 11 is provided with a bearing 12 which is adapted to engage the hub portion 10 of the ratchet wheel. The cam member 11 is also provided with slots 13 and 14 which are adapted to engage the lugs 7 and 8 respectively on the handle 4.

The ratchet wheel 2, handle 4 and cam member 11 are held in operative relation With brake operating mechanism by a washer 14 and bolt 15.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 1, that a' pull on the handle 4 will cause the top end of lug 5 tomove' along the line 16 into engagement with one of the teeth 6 of the ratchet wheel, the handle taking the position shown by 4.

The handle 4 revolves about the trunnion 7 journaled in the bottom of slot 13, while the trunnion 8 moves upwardly to the top of slot 14 into positions shown by 8. This movement if continued and repeated willapply the brakes through the medium'of the brake operating mechanism.

In order to release the-brakes, it is neces-' sary to disengage the pawl 3 and to reverse the operation of handle 4 which will cause the lug 5 to move along line 17 into engagement with the opposite side of teeth 6 and upon further movement will cause the ratchet wheel to revolve in the opposite di rection thereby releasing the brake.

In order that the lugs 7 and 8 may properly cooperate with the cam member 11, it is necessary that the. slots 13 and '14 be properly formed, the slots 13 and 14 being parallel to arcs of circles with radii a and a with centers Z) and b respectively.

When the handle 4 is hanging in its normal position as shown in Fig. 1, the centers of trunnions 7 and 8 coincide with the centers 6 and Z) respectively of the cam members and during their operation describe arcs about either of these centers coincident with the center lines of the slots 13 and 14.

With reference to Fig. 3, it will be observed that the orifice 9 is formed by arcs of circles having three diflerent lengths of radii, viz., o, d and e.

The radii a are the same as that of the hub portion 10 of the ratchet wheel, while radii e are of sufiicient length to form arcs tangent to arcs struck with radii c and centers coincident with centers of lugs 7 and 8.

The device as here shown applies to hand brake mechanism of the form shown in my copending application Serial No. 202,789, but it is entirely obvious that this operating means can be applied to other forms of ratchet brakes.

It will be understood from this description that although the improvements in this in- I wish it further understood that l do not desire to be limited to the specific construction of elements shown and described asitis obvious that changes in construction and arran gement may be "made without departii'ig from the spirit of the invention, q

Having thus described my invention, I aim in theappended claims to cover all iIIlOCllfiC-IF tionsiwhichdo not involve a departure from i itsspirit and scope;

What I claim as new and desire to secure,

hy Letters Patent of the-United States is:

LA device .forsoperating hand brakes,

engaging member and a bearing adapted for pivotaland oscillatory engagement withaa 2; A. device foiwoperating liand abrakes -r comprising a handle provided with a ratchet and oscillatory ,s cooperation I with 1 said trunnion. I

engaging ;{1llBIl1b(-31 ion one side and eccenjournal and pivotal means cooperating. withmeans on said handle for cooperatingwith said ratchet wheel to move it in opposite directions.

5. In a liancl- -bral e mechanism provided with a ratchet wheel, a cam member journaled concentric with said ratchet wheel and provided with a curved channel, a handle pivoted to said cam inemberr-said '50 handlebeing providediwith a lug operating in said channel.

6. In a hand brake mechanismiprovided with a ratchet wheel, a 03111;}1161111361 journaled concentric. with said-ratchet wheel and provided with acurved channel on each sidewthereof, handlev provided with lugspivotedwand;operatinglin saidchannelsa compris ng a handle providedwith a ratchet 1 7.In=a hand brake-mechanism provided with a ratchet wheel, means for operating said ratchet wheelcomprising a h-andleuprm vided with a lugadapted {to engage-theteeth of said ratchet wheel, a cam. memberipivot-z I allycooperating with-said handle to cause the v-luglto engagetheteeth of said. ratcheti wheeh said handle:ybeing iprovidedwit-ha 25 re igaging ,member on one Side:2i11Ll:& tBl111-' nion onv its opposite side and a cam member 2 with a curved channel adapted for pivota'ls 30 1;; 3. A .device for operating hand brakes,-,-V comprising a handle provided with a ratchet i.

curved portion forming a bearing concen-- trio with said ratchet wheel.

8. -In .a hand brake :IHGOhZLDlSIIl'; provided with a ratchetnwheel,means for operating said ratchet wheel comprising .a handlepro-w vided with a lugadapted to iengagei'oppo-v site sides of the teeth of said ratchet wheel;

;a cam-member pivotall icooperatin-gqwithitrically located trunnions 1on the opposite side i and" a cam member: with curved 1 chan operation: with said -.trun nions, said handle and; said Team .member having gaging openings for the-reception of a journal.

4:. In a hand brake mechanism provided 4 0 with a ratchet wheel, :a cam member; qoursaid handle, said hanc le- -being1.,provided withanopening in which theahubl of said 35 :nels adaptedefor pivotal and oscillatory cothis 10th day of January ratchet wheel operates This specification signed and; witnessed-i WVQ WINE? In the presence of T, C.- TILLMAN, Jos. L. TILLMAN.

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